Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1966)
Alejandro Javier Larrea (born 5 December 1966) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player.
Career
Larrea earned two caps for Uruguay national football team in 1992.[1] On 21 June 1992, he made his debut and scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Australia.[2] He played another match on 4 July 1992 in a 3–1 win over Ecuador.
In July 1999, Larrea transferred to Chinese Jia-A League side Beijing Guoan.[4] On 25 July 1999, he scored his first goal in China in a 3–3 away draw against Shenyang Haishi.[5] He joined Chinese second-tier club Guangzhou Geely in April 2001.[6] On 5 May, he made his debut for Guangzhou and scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw against Jiangsu Sainty.[7] Larrea joined another Jia-A League club Tianjin Teda, which was then coached by Uruguayan manager Nelson Agresta, on 28 July 2001.[8] He left the club in August, playing just two FA Cup matches for Tianjin in the two legs of the third round of 2001 Chinese FA Cup.[9]
On 23 December 2013, Larrea was appointed as the assistant coach of Nelson Agresta for China League One club Hebei Zhongji.[10] He became the caretaker manager of the club for the rest of the season on 11 August 2014 after Agresta was sacked.[11]
On 24 August 2015, Larrea was hired to serve as Óscar Ramírez's assistant in the Costa Rica national football team.[12]
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